Chapter 8: Improved Aquaculture Methods

Lin Yunyi was inspecting the chicken farm when Lin Yunxiao ran over excitedly.

　　Lin Yunyi: "Why are you running so fast?"

　　Lin Yunxiao: "Third brother, Father is back!"

　　Lin Yunyi: "You're finally back!"

　　Lin Yunxiao: "Father hunted back a blue wolf at the sixth level of Qi Refining."

　　Lin Yunyi: "Is Father injured?"

　　Lin Yunyi was secretly worried. The family's income was limited, and the patriarch was suffering from hidden injuries and rarely took action.

　　My father would occasionally go hunting in the nearby mountains to supplement the family's needs for cultivation. Hunting was a very dangerous activity.

　　Lin Yunxiao shook his head and said, "No, Father is very powerful. He is at the seventh level of Qi Refining."

　　Lin Yunyi: "That's true. Father's combat strength is quite good. Otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to save the damsel in distress and trick Mother into coming back."

　　Lin Yunyi sighed inwardly. Compared to raising chickens, hunting monsters was a faster way to earn spirit stones. However, the greater the profit, the greater the risk.

　　A blue wolf at the sixth level of Qi Refining should be worth about three hundred spirit stones.

　　Lin Yunyi pondered for a moment and asked, "Do you know where the wolf demon's corpse was disposed of?"

　　Lin Yunxiao: "The back mountain."

　　Lin Yunyi: "Alright! Let's go."

　　Lin Yunxiao: "Where to?"

　　Lin Yunyi: "Back mountain, bring a wooden box containing earthworms."

　　Lin Yunyi had previously considered improving earthworm feed to raise higher-quality spirit earthworms, but he didn't have suitable materials.

　　The two brothers went to the back mountain and dug out the wolf demon's body mixed with mud and water. They broke it up, added withered leaves and wood chips, and put it into an incubator, planning to check on it in a few days.

　　...

　　It was evening.

　　The Lin family gathered together, eating stewed wolf meat and chatting casually.

　　Lin Yunyi ate the meat while refining it.

　　Wolf meat contains an extremely rich concentration of blood energy; after eating a piece, it feels as if flames are burning in one's chest.

　　Eating the spirit chicken meat made my body feel warm, but it wasn't nearly as satisfying as this meat.

　　Lin Yunxiao shook his head, somewhat disgusted, and said, "This wolf meat isn't as good as chicken. It's a bit tough, a bit fishy, ​​and it even smells a bit bad."

　　Lin Yuanqiao glanced at Lin Yunxiao and said irritably, "It's good enough that we have something to eat."

　　Lin Yuanqiao was speechless. This was spirit wolf meat, and Xiao Si was actually complaining about it.

　　Lin Yunyi glanced at Lin Yunwen. His elder brother was stuck at a bottleneck and was about to break through to the fourth level of Qi Refining. His father had gone hunting, probably to provide his elder brother with some nourishment.

　　The spirit chicken at home has good nourishing effects, but its level is a bit low. It's good for nourishing spiritual energy, but not so good for breaking through bottlenecks.

　　Lin Yunxiao ate several pieces of wolf meat in one go, and the plate of wolf meat shrank by half in the blink of an eye.

　　Lin Yuanqiao looked at his fourth son and was speechless. The fourth son complained that the meat was not tasty, but he ate a lot of it.

　　Lin Yuanqiao said, "Fourth brother, eat less, be careful of heartburn."

　　Lin Yuanqiao wasn't reluctant to let her son eat meat, but she was worried that he would have indigestion.

　　Lin Yunxiao said nonchalantly, "No."

　　Seeing his fourth son's expression, Lin Yuanqiao didn't try to persuade him further.

　　As the saying goes, great things come from small beginnings. Since Xiao Si started practicing fire-based techniques, his cultivation level has risen rapidly. In just a few months, his spiritual power has become much stronger, and he seems poised to break through to the second level of Qi Refining.

　　Lin Yunyi glanced at Lin Yunxiao. During this period, his fourth brother had made rapid progress. At this rate of cultivation, if given a little more time, he might be able to surpass him.

　　Previously, the fourth brother had never successfully guided Qi into his body, but he had cultivated his body-refining technique quite well.

　　His strong physique laid a solid foundation for his cultivation of spiritual power.

　　After successfully drawing qi into his body, the fourth brother did not slack off in body training, and his small body became stronger and stronger.

　　A half-grown brat, eating his father out of house and home.

　　Lin Yuanqiao and Shen Qingtang barely touched the wolf meat, while the three Lin brothers devoured it all.

　　Lin Yuanqiao looked at her three sons, feeling both gratified and worried.

　　...

　　Life went on as usual. Although Lin Yunyi was worried that his family would develop in the direction indicated in the book, all he could do for now was to focus on cultivation and do his best to improve his own strength.

　　"Third Brother, Third Brother, the chickens in the coop are fighting!" Lin Yunxiao rushed in and said.

　　Lin Yunyi said nonchalantly, "Let them fight if they want. It's common for so many chickens to fight; they fight all the time."

　　Lin Yunxiao: "Is this a good idea? This battle is extremely fierce. If we leave it alone, I'm afraid some unlucky ones will be killed."

　　Lin Yunyi had been busy cultivating lately, so he didn't pay much attention to what he said: "That's fine too. If we kill it, we'll have an extra meal."

　　Upon hearing this, Lin Yunxiao said excitedly, "Really? That's great! I'll go check if any of them have already given up."

　　Lin Yunyi glanced at Lin Yunxiao, feeling that his fourth brother's previous words were a ploy to lure him in, just waiting for him to speak.

　　Lin Yunyi suddenly remembered something and perked up, saying, "Wait, which ones are you talking about?"

　　Lin Yunxiao scratched his head and said, "The chicken you said you wanted to keep a special eye on."

　　Lin Yunyi: "It's those same ones! Sure enough, they started fighting."

　　Seeing Lin Yunyi's reaction, Lin Yunxiao vaguely guessed that the chicken he was about to eat was about to fly away, and he looked somewhat dejected. "Third Brother, did you know all along that they would fight to the death?"

　　Lin Yunyi: "I have some guesses."

　　The wolf meat his father brought back contained immense blood energy. For the first few days after eating it, he always felt a surge of adrenaline and an urge to fight someone.

　　Lin Yunxiao nodded and said, "These chickens not only fight fiercely, but they also lay eggs very frequently. Moreover, the quality of the spirit eggs they lay is higher than before."

　　The earthworms that Lin Yunyi had previously fed with wolf blood and wolf offal have recently grown into a batch, which he then used to feed the chickens.

　　Because this batch of spirit earthworms was of relatively high quality, Lin Yunyi was worried about accidents, so he selected a few gentle spirit stones to feed on this batch of spirit earthworms.

　　Unexpectedly, after eating these spirit earthworms, these originally peaceful spirit chickens actually started to enjoy fighting.

　　Lin Yunyi stood up and said, "I'll go take a look."

　　Lin Yunxiao: "Okay."

　　Several spirit chickens were fighting fiercely, their colorful feathers flying everywhere, each one more valiant and skilled in battle than the last.

　　Lin Yunyi instructed the members of the chicken-raising team to separate the chickens.

　　The members of the chicken-raising team, who were waiting for an extra meal, were immediately disappointed upon hearing Lin Yunyi's order.

　　Despite their disappointment, the members of the Spirit Chicken Squad obeyed Lin Yunyi's orders and separated the chickens.

　　Nourished by the spirit chickens and their eggs, the chicken-raising team members' strength is increasing day by day.

　　In the beginning, we had to find outside help to catch spirit chickens, but now we don't need to anymore. Our team is full of talented people, and there are plenty of chicken-catching experts.

　　After observation, it was found that the spirit chickens would become very agitated when fed the special spirit earthworms, but would quickly calm down when fed ordinary spirit earthworms.

　　Those special earthworms have higher nutritional value, and feeding the spirit chickens with these earthworms continuously will produce stronger spirit chickens.

　　The problem is that while the spirit chicken's physique can be improved, it will also become more unruly.

　　Despite its flaws, the benefits of feeding spirit chickens with special spirit earthworms are obvious.

　　Lin Yunyi: "The nourishing effect of earthworms raised with the offal of demonic beasts seems to be quite good. Perhaps we can collect a batch of discarded spirit beast offal to raise earthworms."

　　Lin Yunxiao: "The offal of demonic beasts shouldn't be worth much. I'll go ask Dad!"

　　Lin Yunyi nodded and said, "Okay!"

　　Following Lin Yunyi's plan, the clan's cultivators quickly went to the surrounding areas to collect some offal from demonic beasts.

　　The monsters weren't very useful in the water, so the clan purchased a large quantity without spending many spirit stones.

　　The spirit earthworms raised by the demon beasts in the water are of much higher quality than before. Thanks to this batch of spirit earthworms, the production of spirit eggs has increased significantly.

　　The Lin family's chicken farming is progressing rapidly, and their free-range chickens and eggs are selling quite well.